The men's
team pursuit speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...
competition of the
2014 Sochi Olympics
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was held at
Adler Arena Skating Center on 21 and 22 February 2014. The distance was 3,200 metres.
Qualification
A total of eight teams of three or four speed skaters could qualify for this team event. The top 6 of the
2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit standings after the World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot in the Olympics. Of the teams outside the top six, France qualified based on the time ranking and Russia qualified as hosts. A reserve list was also made.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
At the
2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 24 March 2013 in the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia. It was a test event for the 2014 Olympic Games.
Schedule
Source: schaatsen.nl& ISU.org
Medal summary
Men's ...
the track record was at 3:42.03 by the team of the Netherlands consisting of
Jan Blokhuijsen
Jan Blokhuijsen (; born 1 April 1989) is an Olympic award-winning Dutch long-track speed skater who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM team.
Career
He currently holds the world record in the team pursuit discipline, along with teammates S ...
,
Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer (; born 23 April 1986) is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter ...
, and
Koen Verweij
Koen Verweij (; born 26 August 1990) is a former Dutch speed skater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union ( KNSB) to the commercial team of T ...
.
The following records were set during this competition.
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
Results
On 24 November 2017, the Russian team were disqualified after
Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Alexander Vadimovich Rumyantsev (russian: Александр Вадимович Румянцев; born 5 December 1986) is a Russian speed skater.
Career
Rumyantsev competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. In 2010, he was disqu ...
was sanctioned for a doping violation. On 22 December,
Ivan Skobrev
Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev (russian: Иван Александрович Скобрев; born 8 February 1983 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian speed skater.
Career
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5000 meter ...
was disqualified as well.
In January 2018, they successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to disqualify them from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport. Their results were reinstated.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on 21 February.
TR = track record
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 21 February.
TR = track record
Finals
The finals were held on 22 February.
Finals Results
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OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Men's team pursuit
Men's speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics